Can someone tell me if the drums for metallic brakes, 65-66, were special material? Are the rear shoes still available in the aftermarket? THX

Hi. just doing a google search and found the site. Im building a 61 Impala convertible from the ground up, so far doing it all myself. This is my first attempt at a car this bad since it was had been sitting in a ditch for the past 20 plus years. this is about where Im at with it now...

Has anyone had experience with the different ratios offered in manual steering boxes? I have been looking at boxes from Car Steering Guys and they offer 3 different ones... 6.5, 5.5 and 4.5 turns lock to lock. My '65 Biscayne 2 door post has a 489 big block and a Super T-10. I want to go...

Don't see a lot of 59s around here.. A friend's father was the original owner. A lot of time and money to get to this point. I got a ways to go

Thought I'd start a thread to query/update progress for my specific car. Seems like others have done this. "polly" is sittin in line at the restoration shop. Looks like a late May/early June active work begin date. I've been reading and searching a lot the last couple of weeks. Spent some...